Health Technician

Job Title

Health Technician

Job Description

Major duties include but not limited to:

• Provides care to patients being processed through the Triage area during emergency situations.
• Assists in stabilizing critically ill patients within their functional scope of practice and monitors non-critical patients.
• Performs a range of diagnostic support duties such as taking, recording, and reporting deviations in vital signs, taking specimens, labeling specimens for the laboratory.
• Arranges and passes medical instruments and materials to the professionals for a variety of diagnostic tests and procedures.
• Makes gross visual observations and identifies subtle changes in the patient's condition.
• Uses hot and cold packs, changes sterile dressings, cares for patients.
• Sets up and gives treatments that requires auxiliary equipment.
• Monitors patients for adverse reactions and takes corrective action based on established policy.
• Secures patient's confidence and cooperation during procedures.
• Explains procedures, positions patients for desired results; and cushions and shields patients as appropriate.
• Performs procedures such as collection of blood samples or other fluid samples, application of sterile dressings to wounds, irrigations, or similar patient care.
• Uses proper sterile technique for collection of samples.
• Verifies correct labeling and patient identification.
• Records test time and intervals as appropriate.
• Uses software to produce specific printouts for the clinical staff. Assembles patients' records in the Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS).
• Performs patient charting using standard medical terminology entering information regarding care rendered, condition and progress.
• Receives visitors, answers the telephone, and refers calls to appropriate staff; and is assigned to record vital signs and document in CPRS according to policy.
• Communicates in a tactful and courteous manner with a wide variety of individuals with varying levels of understanding.

Preferred Experience: Health tech or similar type of position working in an acute care clinical setting preferred.

Work Schedule: Varies, TBD

Telework: Not Available

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Position Description/PD#: Health Technician / PD02583A

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized